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Clashes add to political tension over division, police violence
PoliticsGreek Politicsadvised them that the man who had been beaten was a member of a radical left group and had been... as police clashed with some protestors. One policeman was dragged off his motorcycle and beaten. Along... set up to monitor police violence, headed by constitutional expert Nikos Alivizatos, has wound-up
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Newsletter 189 -11/01/2018
to take place on Friday evening. The two leaders are set to decide on how to handle the potential... allows him to continue in office even if he does not get 151 out of the 300 votes (he needs a 2/5... of at least 151 votes for the name deal but there are doubts about whether he could also do the same
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Newsletter 325 - 28/01/2022
as part of a bid to capitalize on the latest slip-up by New Democracy. The extreme weather, which saw... he saw specific failures. Additionally, the government’s argument that it was wrongfooted by weather... of coordination among authorities during the deadly fire in Mati, when SYRIZA was in power in 2018
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SYRIZA's poll lead consistent but parliamentary majority elusive
PoliticsGreek Politicsindicate that the leftists are set for a victory in less than two weeks. Another common feature..., the survey’s results project only 151 out of 300 seats going to the leftist party. One of the key... percent, for example, the leading party would need 38.8 percent support to have a minimum of 151 seats
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Tsipras conducts varied reshuffle in further bid to revitalise coalition
PoliticsGreek Politicsthis summer (due to the fatal Mati wildfire) and the announcement on Monday that Panos Skourletis would... at the moment. The role of the emergency services in dealing with the Mati fire has been under severe... a set of fiscal expansionary measures (SYRIZA-friendly Avgi newspaper suggested on Tuesday
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Take your seats
Agora, Greek authorities proved inept in tackling the deadly wildfire in Mati, on the outskirts of Athens... set to donate the hospital to the Greek state) at the expense of the other four bidders. On the same... was strongly criticised for the Mati disaster. To be clear, Tsipras’s goal at the next elections
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Tsipras, Mitsotakis cast gloves aside as pre-election fight gets personal
PoliticsGreek Politics, ministers set out how taxpayers will be able to settle debts to the tax office, social security... summer, not long after the wildfire in Mati claimed more than 100 lives, Tsipras took a short break... by a helicopter owned by the media boss. “Last August you were not mourning for Mati,” said Tsipras. “You were
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Newsletter 372 - 03/03/2023
. It will not be lost on the main opposition party, SYRIZA, that it paid a heavy price for the fire in Mati... the impression that their shortcomings contributed to such a high death toll at Mati... euros set aside in the budget for energy subsidies will not be needed, meaning it could be redirected
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Newsletter 46 - 09/10/2015
bailout programme by the end of November. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has set this date as his... their concerns with the party leadership. For Tsipras, it will also be his first attempt to set out... set of interventions in the product markets and business environment that were either included
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Samaras shoots, Samaras scores!
Agora“Samaras rescues Greece” – it’s the headline the prime minister and many in his office would have cherished. But Giorgos Samaras, the striker without a club, has beaten premier Antonis to the title... that also saw them through the game with Ivory Coast. At a time when Greek society is so deeply divided
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